Mola pileatus Van Beneden 1881 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae

Alternative combination: Pagurus pileatus

Synonym: Pagurus torus Van Beneden 1881

Belongs to Mola according to G. Carnevale et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Mola chelonopsis, Mola mola, Mola pileata, Mola ramsayi, Orthagoriscus pileatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mola pileatus in the database

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